Yes, you can do it like this:

echo "hey there $_SESSION[username]";

or this:

echo 'hey there '.$_SESSION['username'];

The first way is generally easier, but the second way uses less resources.

As Nik said in the reply I gave you....

"As always, read the manual!

http://www.php.net/types.string "

HTH!

-Snib
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just to be more specific the following script is working:

$email=$HTTP_POST_VARS["email"];
$pass=$HTTP_POST_VARS["passw"];
$type1=$HTTP_POST_VARS["type"];
$l="user.htm";
$l2="templogin.htm";

$Connection=odbc_connect("mp","mp","mp");
$in="insert into User values('$email','$pass','$type1')";
$run=odbc_do($Connection,$in);

but this one below, isn't...can someone tell me why cause i dont get it:

$cname =$_POST["name"];
  $telno=$_POST["telno"];
  $faxno=$_POST["fax"];
  $email=$_POST["email"];
  $Connection = odbc_connect("mp","mp","mp");
  $r="INSERT into Candidate (Tel_No, Name, Fax_No, Email)VALUES($telno,'$cname',$faxno,'$email') where Email=(SELECT Email FROM User where Email='$_SESSION["USER"]')";
  $query=odbc_do($Connection, $r);

here telno and faxno are numbers and not strings...as for the echo '$_SESSION["USERNAME"], that too isnt a problem - thats displaying...i really need this to work since my other pages are tied to this...so with this new info, can someone help me out now? mp

It's this part right here:

FROM User where Email='$_SESSION["USER"]')";

You see, you used the double quotes to enclose USER. But the string it's in is contained within double quotes. So when you use double quotes PHP thinks you're trying to end the string, but then there's just this USER thing right after the string, and it throws a parse error.

So do like this:

FROM User where Email='$_SESSION[USER]')";

Just get rid of the double quotes (only when inside a string; otherwise keep them).

-Snib
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okay, thanks that problem has been solved - now another problem has arisen...nothing to do with this thread tho...its an odbc_do probelm:

Warning: odbc_do(): SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Operation must use an updateable query., SQL state S1000 in SQLExecDirect in d:\inetpub\wwwroot\LT\saveclient.php on line 15

the code is the same as above, although ive taken out the quotes as snib suggested.